Gramophone — might refer to:* The British English term for U.S. English phonograph , the first device for recording and replaying sound. The two names were originally those used by rival manufacturers * Gramophone record, a disc shaped analogue sound… … Wikipedia

Gramophone — Gram o*phone, n. [Gr. ? a thing drawn or written (fr. ? write) + phone, as in telephone. Originally a trademark.] An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducing sounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched in some solid… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

gramophone — [[t]græ̱məfoʊn[/t]] gramophones N COUNT A gramophone is an old fashioned type of record player. [mainly BRIT] ...a wind up gramophone with a big horn. ...gramophone records. Syn: record player (in AM, usually use phonograph) … English dictionary